Re: f10 install - low screen resolution
On 5/9/2009 3:15 PM, Bill Davidsen wrote:
Craig White wrote:
> On Sat, 2009-05-09 at 23:59 +0930, Tim wrote:
>> On Fri, 2009-05-08 at 11:04 -0700, Mike Wright wrote:
>>> What I don't understand is that this display adapter has worked
>>> beautifully in fc4, fc6, and fc8 installations.
>> Changes in Xorg, over time... The difficulty with a live CD is that
>> it's virtually fixed with the original software, no updates. It's not
>> uncommon to find that people who've installed an OS (to writeable
>> media), and had graphics problems, that they've gone away after a "yum
>> update".
> ----
> much of this could be resolved by more people running the testing
> versions and reporting issues with various hardware BEFORE it is
> released.
FC11 has not been released, and this problem goes back to FC9 at
least,
that certain monitors are mis-detected and are either too high or low in
resolution. There should be one more install in addition to text and
graphic (automatic) modes, and that is install with vga=ask to let the
user pick the resolution needed.
You can't imagine how unreadable 640x480 is on a 42" HDTV,
you need the
wireless keyboard and mouse to get about fifteen feet away. Or to enter
the correct resolution, but many users don't know how to do that.
*My* Monitor is never detected correctly. I have to manually set this. The
problem? *My* monitor does not identify itself properly. So is that Fedora's
fault? Of my problem? I think it is the latter.
At the very least they usually give you a viewable screen.
The 'Evil God' Windows does not identify monitors. You get a viewable screen
that you then setup using video drivers that you download and install by hand.
Sheez...
--
David